NEWS PHOTOS
Porto, Portugal - January 2021 - Due to the pandemic, the Salesians of Porto were unable to celebrate Christmas with the traditional feast in presence with students and their families, so they decided to film the shows produced by the pupils of the various classes and sent them to parents and educators.
Prague, Czech Republic - January 2021 - On 17 January, on the occasion of the anniversary of the death of the first Czech Salesian, Fr Ignazio Stuchlý, a commemorative Mass was celebrated in the chapel of the Salesian house in Brno, presided over by the Superior of the Province of the Republic Czech Republic (CEP), Fr Martin Hobza. Due to the pandemic, the celebration was broadcast on the YouTube channel of the Salesians of Zabovresky. Fr Stuchlý was decreed Venerable by Pope Francis on 21 December 2020 and on that occasion Fr Hobza interviewed Fr Jan Vývoda, a 96-year-old Salesian, a witness to the Venerable's life. He spoke of the events of Fr Stuchlý when he was the first Provincial of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1950, of his closeness to Jesus and his last days. You can download the video of the interview, subtitled in various languages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVBgtzyWVPlwiBFPa9GtkxpLY6ptiVN4V
Fr Zdenek Jancarik, SDB
Kara, Togo - December 2020 - On 26 and 27 December, at the Don Bosco Center in Kara, the National Forum of the Past Pupils of Don Bosco was held with 50 participants from the delegations of Kara, Cinkassé and Lomé. The number of participants was limited by the organizers due to the pandemic. During the forum, Fr Théodore Afantodji, Coordinator of the Past Pupils of Don Bosco of the Francophone West Africa Province (AFO), and other figures intervened. They reviewed the activities of the Past Pupils at the local level, discussed work on the Statute to be recognized internationally, and defined a roadmap for the Past Pupils of Togo. There was no lack of moments of reflection, prayer, sharing and recreation, and the Past Pupils renewed their promise and their commitment. Finally, the new National Council of Past Pupils was elected.
La Ceja, Colombia - January 2021 - On January 16, the young people who in the past year lived the novitiate experience at the "Sagrado Corazón" in La Ceja, Antioquia, made their first religious professions. The ceremony was presided over by Fr Luis Fernando Valencia, Provincial of the Colombia-Medellín Province (COM), and concelebrated by the Provincials of the Provinces from which the novices come from: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Colombia.